M-Audio Torq MixLab Getting Started Manual - Tutorial

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Tutorial 

Part I: Preparation

First, we’ll need to check a few settings required for the following examples

1.   

 Click the 

 icon in the upper right section of the Torq LE window. The Audio 

Preferences dialog opens.  

2.   

 Make sure your soundcard is selected under “Audio Interface”. 

 (Windows users: If a driver with the word “ASIO” in its name is available, select it) 

3.   

 Click on the field labeled “Master Output” and check the available choices: 

a.     If “Left / Right / Left -- Right” are 

available: 

•   Select “Left” for Master Output 

and “Right” for the Cue Output. 

b.   If there are multiple entries 

listed in the Master Output field, 

and some of them say 1/2 in 

their name and others say 3/4: 

•   Select a “1/2” driver for the 

Master Output and a “3/4”  

driver for Cue Output. 

•   Make sure to connect your 

sound system to your  

soundcard’s first 

stereo output and your 

headphones to  

your soundcard’s second 

stereo output. 

For serious DJing, you need a 

soundcard that features separate 

stereo outputs for pre-listening 

(cueing) and for the sound the 

audience hears. Your soundcard 

features only one stereo output. 

Torq still allows you to use all of its 

features, including pre-listening, 

by using a trick: Torq splits your 

soundcard’s stereo output into 

two mono outputs – one for pre-

listening and one for the audience 

(the left/right choices in this 

dialog). All you need to follow 

the examples in this tutorial is a 

Y-adapter cable that connects to 

your soundcard’s stereo output 

via a male 1/8” jack and provides 

two female 1/8” jacks for your 

headphones and your sound 

system. You can find such cables 

at every well stocked electronics- 

or music store. Please also check 

the full Torq User Guide for more 

information, which can be found 

on the in the Torq LE application 

folder. 

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